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When You Fall, Try Not to Bust Your A**
When You Fall, Try Not to Bust Your A**
KhayyamKhan


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Challenge: Update Your Avatar (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Alexandria, LA
Date: Jan 14, 2012
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Abstract, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2012

 Self portrait shot with three tungsten work lights and a 580ex with a custom gel. Edited with Lightroom and Photoshop. Curves, colors, dodge and burn, emboss, sharp.

Statistics
Place: 40 out of 90
Avg (all users): 5.8470
Avg (commenters): 8.3333
Avg (participants): 5.8333
Avg (non-participants): 5.8527
Views since voting: 786
Views during voting: 368
Votes: 183
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/27/2012 08:26:48 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First impression: I really liked this shot and gave it a 6 during voting.

Technical: Great studio and gradient lighting and that is a huge huge plus on this site. Check out regular ribbon winners like gyaban and KarenNfld, to name only two. Comp is a little too safe in that it is very centred and straight-on, probably for impact, but a little more could have been done.

Artistic: You're pushing the envelope with this entry, of which I am a huge fan. The resigned, 'I'm banged up and don't know what to do' look is great. If you had given yourself some extra damage, say some fake blood or a black eye too (with makeup!) I think you would have scored a bit higher. And strictly fwiw, I think that if the bandage had been wrapped a little closer to your head it would look a little less cartoony and more serious, as though you HAD sustained injury.

Overall: I think you have the potential to really rock this site, just keep the lighting good and go wacko with the artistic side!

Feel free to PM me,

Susan
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/19/2012 04:38:17 AM
If that's for real, I sympathize... haha.
 01/16/2012 05:37:55 PM
Interesting take, amusing and the absent gaze add something. A bit less definition on the face and the gauze would have perhaps enhanced the old photo feel.
 01/16/2012 01:12:46 AM
Fantastic! My winner. Thanks for the laugh. :) 10


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